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FDA warns of Bluetooth Low Energy vulnerability affecting connected medical devices

By Dave Muoio 11:56 am March 4, 2020

The FDA is warning of new cybersecurity vulnerabilities affecting Bluetooth Low Energy communications technology used in certain medical devices. According to the agency, the issue could allow unauthorized users to wirelessly crash a device, prevent it from working or access functions limited to its users. The FDA says the vulnerabilities – referred to as "SweynTooth" by the researchers who...

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary launches self-tracking app

By Jonah Comstock 09:11 am May 21, 2014

Wellness & Prevention, a division of Johnson & Johnson that works with health plans on behavior change coaching, has released a mobile app, Track Your Health. The app is not available to the general public, but rather, through health plans to the 30 million covered lives that have access to Wellness & Prevention products. "Fundamentally, Wellness & Prevention is about encouraging...